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Characters
Passover
Figurative Language
Plot
Misc.
100
The main character of our book
Who is Hannah
100
What is the afikoman?
What is unlevened bread that Aaron hides during the Seder
100
A black stove, pouring our heat, squatted against the far wall
What is Personification
100
Why did Hannah once use a ballpoint pen to write a string of numbers on her arm?
What is She wanted to please her grandfather
100
What does the badchan remind Hannah of?
What is a court jester
200
Grandpa Will's sister
Who is Aunt Eva
200
What is the seder?
What is a feast that is held on the first two nights of passover
200
"Grandpa Will had a voice that buzzed like the plague of locusts" what does this simile reveal about how Hannah views her grandfather's speeches about the past?
What is she views his stories as long and boring
200
Hannah was named after?
Who is Aunt Eva's Dead Friend
200
What does the name Chaya mean?
What is life
300
Hannah's Hebrew Name
What is Chaya
300
What is Passover?
What is a holiday celebrated by Jewish people celebrating their exodus from Egypt
300
"What a strange little bird you are indeed, who has found her way into our nest" What type of figurative language is this and why it is effective?
What is a metaphor, and because it describes Hannah being in a strange place and time.
300
Hannah's attitude about going to the seder
What is she does not want to go and is dreading it.
300
"I would not go to America for Avrom Marowitz even if he sent a thousand letters. I will live and die in this shtetl as did our parents and as did their parents before them. That is how it should be." What does this passage reveal about Gitl?
What is she is determined and proud of her home
400
The man who claims to be "Chaya's" uncle
Who is Shmuel
400
What Hannah drinks at the Seder
What is watered wine
400
Hannah rolled her eyes up and slipped farther down in the seat. Her stomach felt heavy, as if the argument lay there like unleavened bread
What is Simile
400
What is meant by this last line from the badchan "Old girl in young-girl disguise"
What is Hannah looks young but has the wisdom of someone much older
400
"...just then the bearded man marched into the house, having dropped his hoe somewhere outside. He grabbed Hannah before she could protest and spun her around 'Hallo Niece, give your almost-married Uncle Shmuel a hug.'" What can the reader infer about Shmuel from his actions and words in this passage?
What is he is playful and affectionate.
500
Girl's Hannah meets at the wedding
Who are Yente, Esther, Shifre, and Rachel
500
what is Hannah tasked with doing at the Seder?
What is opening the door for Elijah
500
An word or phrase that has a completely different meaning than its' literal meaning.
What is an idiom
500
How old is Hannah?
What is 12
500
"During the endless Seder dinner and the even more endless explanations from the Haggadah, Hannah frequently glanced out the window. A full moon was squeezed between two of the projects apartment buildings." What might the moon symbolize?
What is Hannah because she feels uncomfortable at the Seder